The Crime Warp

My latest selection of Young Adult  crime fiction is as diverse a selection as I've ever had.  It ranges from books about serial killers to schizophrenia, from romantic mysteries to supernatural thrillers.  Don't miss these books they're brilliant!

Again a wealth of great crime fiction for young Adults.  From Sci-Fi thrillers to current issues and, as usual, I am completely in thrall to the wonderful storylines and skill of the authors who produce such high quality fiction.

Crime Fiction for Young Adult Readers is becoming more and more popular with some of our most renowned crime writer’s writing specifically for the Teen market.   Here are a few recommended Teen fiction books.

Geeky 14 year old genius Sean Malone discovers a ground breaking mathematical formula with the potential to derail the world as we know it.  He signs a secrecy clause and tries to forget all about it , However when he sees his formula being used in a way that risks innocent lives he becomes a threat to homeland security and is sent to Italy under Witness Protection providing he doesn’t return to the states. He builds himself a new life, grows up and falls in love and his secret remains hidden until he finds himself having to use his exceptional IQ for personal reasons and finds himself up against Government , big business and Time. This is an empathetic, imaginative and poignant story of a young man struggling to come to terms with guilt at the loss of his parents, his unusually high IQ and his own moral code.  It is at times emotionally charged, often fast paced and is wonderfully insightful about the psyche of a teenager who doesn’t quite fit. I would defin...

How To Fall by Jane Casey I picked this up in a charity shop not realising it was actually a Young Adult book.   However, having read a Maeve Kerrigan book of Casey's before I thought it'd be interesting to read this myself before passing it on to my daughter to read. Jess Tennant is a sixteen year old who, with her mother, is spending the summer in her mothers home village.   Jess is dubious about this as her mother has been estranged from her   family since before Jess was born and she has never met her aunt (her mother's twin) or her family.   The only thing Jess knows about them is that her cousin, who was the spitting image of Jess, died the previous year in a fall off the cliffs. When Jess meets her cousins she becomes intrigued as to why her cousin, who was reportedly very happy, would commit suicide.   Jess, despite being warned off by some of the local teens, the police and her dead cousin's best friend, determines to solve the...